Peach-Orange! – Chapter 383 – Is Fang Ning More Important Than Me?

The smell in this condemned building was terrible.

It was filthy, slightly stinking, with an odor of rotting garbage permeating the air.

But aside from that, there was also a fresh, strange scent mixed in.

The dirty water on the ground was tinged with a new shade of red, with severed limbs and ears floating in it. Several delinquent girls were either kneeling on the ground or curled up in fetal positions, their wails creating a horrifying atmosphere.

At the very least, this was the scene that Su Tao saw.

And there was no doubt about who was responsible.

The petite figure standing in the center, bathed in the only beam of sunlight in the entire building.

Beside her lay a bloodied corpse.

The corpse’s eyes were wide open, as if cursing or filled with resentment, staring fixedly at the figure in the sunlight.

Su Tao was shocked by what she saw.

Chi Xiaocheng was also at a loss.

For a moment, neither knew how to begin.

Especially Chi Xiaocheng. In front of Su Tao, she had always played the harmless, sickly weakling. When had she ever shown this dominant side?

This accident had happened too suddenly. Precisely because she knew Su Tao was impulsive, she had only informed Si Chen.

But now, Si Chen hadn’t come. Why was Su Tao here instead?

She couldn’t figure it out, but Su Tao was already slowly walking toward her.

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Chi Xiaocheng guiltily lowered her head, her silver-white teeth lightly biting her lower lip, her shoulders instinctively curling inward, like a child who had done something wrong.

Su Tao didn’t speak. Soon, she was standing beside Chi Xiaocheng.

She reached out a hand.

Chi Xiaocheng almost instinctively closed her eyes.

But what landed on her face was a gentle caress.

“Xiaocheng, does it hurt?”

When Chi Xiaocheng opened her eyes and looked up, she saw the girl crouching in front of her, her expression not one of accusation, but of undisguised heartache.

A small hand rested on her cheek, a thumb lightly brushing over the red mark left by Zeng Xiuhua’s slap.

For the first time, Su Tao didn’t feel anger.

She just glanced sideways at Liu Guijia, who was already lying in a pool of blood.

Well, the target of her anger was already gone.

Chi Xiaocheng didn’t answer Su Tao’s question. Instead, she asked weakly, “Tao-Tao… aren’t you curious why I became like this? You… saw everything just now, didn’t you?”

Su Tao smiled faintly, then stood up and pulled Chi Xiaocheng into her arms.

“Don’t…” Chi Xiaocheng pushed against her. “I’m dirty. I’ll stain your clothes.”

“Silly, I don’t mind.” Su Tao hugged her tighter, easily pressing the little girl’s head against her chest.

Feeling the other’s heartbeat and confirming that Chi Xiaocheng had calmed down a little, Su Tao finally spoke softly, “Everyone has their secrets. I know that. And I didn’t really see anything. Rather than thinking you did it, I’d sooner believe a Kamen Rider just happened to pass by.”

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Chi Xiaocheng bit her lip and hugged Su Tao back a little tighter.

Her vision blocked by the deep embrace, she couldn’t see the complicated expression on Su Tao’s face, one that didn’t match her words.

Su Tao hadn’t arrived too late, but she hadn’t been early either.

When she got there, she had just seen Liu Guijia’s furious glare.

One glance at Chi Xiaocheng, then straight at her, who had just arrived.

Two or three seconds later, Liu Guijia was bleeding and collapsed to the ground.

Xiaocheng had killed someone.

She… wasn’t as simple as the fragile little girl she usually pretended to be.

She, too, had secrets she was keeping from Su Tao.

Just like how Su Tao was hiding her awakened War Hero bloodline, Su Dingtian, and many other things.

But one thing Su Tao was certain of:

The warmth, softness, and scent in her arms… Xiaocheng was still Xiaocheng.

It was just that some of the things she had been hiding could no longer stay hidden.

Su Tao didn’t know how to ask, but…

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I won’t mind. You can tell me whenever you’re ready.”

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She should trust Xiaocheng, right?

If Xiaocheng wanted to tell her, she would.

If she was keeping secrets, there must be a reason.

Yes, that had to be it.

Su Tao loosened her hold and changed the subject, crouching in front of Chi Xiaocheng and staring into her crimson eyes with seriousness.

“But Xiaocheng, let’s be clear about one thing, why didn’t you tell me you were coming to save Fang Ning? Why did you come alone? What if you got hurt again?”

Chi Xiaocheng nodded meekly. “I’m sorry, Tao-Tao. It’s just… it was urgent. That person said if I dared to call anyone else, they’d… kill Ningning.”

Su Tao glanced at Fang Ning, who was also injured and even had disheveled clothes, and frowned.

To put it selfishly—

If Chi Xiaocheng got hurt or worse because of Fang Ning, Su Tao would never be able to accept it.

‘Always pretending to be the victim to steal my Xiaocheng away….’

Su Tao exhaled softly, retracting her hostile gaze from Fang Ning, and spoke gently to Chi Xiaocheng.

“I understand. But Xiaocheng, I want you to trust me more.

“Even if there’s danger or difficulty, I want to face it with you, to get through it together, not for you to leave me behind and face despair alone.”

“Do you know?” Su Tao reached out and tucked a stray lock of Chi Xiaocheng’s hair behind her ear. “Every time I saw you lying in a hospital bed, I wished so badly it could’ve been me instead.”

Words no less touching than a confession were spoken softly.

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Sometimes, the sincerest words from a straightforward person could be the most moving love confession.

“So Xiaocheng, promise me to not do this again.”

Naturally, this might also have been directed at Fang Ning, a declaration that Chi Xiaocheng already belonged to Su Tao. After hearing this, any sensible person would know to stop clinging.

Chi Xiaocheng’s heart warmed.

If only Tao-Tao could say things like this every day.

She gritted her teeth and decided not to keep everything hidden. Slowly, she spoke to Su Tao.

“Actually… Tao-Tao, this has happened to me before.”

“What?”

“Like… becoming really strong, as if I’ve gained martial arts skills.” Chi Xiaocheng took a light breath. “When I get really angry, my body fills with this indescribable strength, and then I become… really good at fighting.”

Chi Xiaocheng lowered her eyes. “And I… I don’t really know why it happens. I just guessed that if someone I care about is insulted or hurt, I… I get angry. I go berserk.”

Hearing this, Su Tao immediately thought of her own bloodline.

Then she recalled the past: Chi Xiaocheng had indeed had moments like this before, where her strength suddenly surged, so much that even Su Tao couldn’t hold her back.

At the time, she hadn’t thought much of it. But now….

Su Tao turned a complicated gaze toward Fang Ning.

“Someone you care about is insulted or hurt… so you get angry?”